Welcome to Lent! This year, I'm not really "giving up" a thing. I'm consciously trying to eat and drink in moderation. So far, it's been good. Except, I had an extra serving of macaroni and cheese tonight, which I feel guilty about! I'm also hoping to try to use my time better. So, instead of spending several minutes a day reading facebook, I'm trying to use that time to play with my nephew, read something that will educate me or will at least be more creative food-for-thought, and pray in different ways.
Last night, I decided to peruse my Android app Laudate (formerly known as Catholic One), and I stumbled across a daily reading link to meditation podcasts from pray-as-you-go.org. It was beautiful! "Miserere" was playing in the background of the spoken meditation. It is one of the most gorgeous songs I've ever heard -- it sounds like Heaven!
On a different note, today I read a very long chapter on Cognitive Development in children. One section that stood out for me was the preoperational stage of development (ages 2-7) because that is where my nephew is about to be. He'll be 2 in 18 days! I was observing him today while we played with this cute little pretend food that you can chop (http://bit.ly/bZGBZt). He's right at the very beginning of learning how to make-believe play. He's still very realistic about everything, and he's especially good at sorting and stacking. One make-believe thing we've started noticing him do is that he buckles objects into his high chair (i.e., he associates that he sits and gets buckled, so other things can be buckled in too). It's fascinating to me to be learning all these things right now and witnessing someone I'm close to go through those developmental stages. I'll be even more keen to see it from the beginning again when my sister has her next baby in August! Alas, I still have none of my own, but I'm happy to just be Nanny for now. :)
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Friday, February 15, 2008
Lunch time
I'm eating lunch an hour earlier today cause I had breakfast an hour early. Anyway, I'm expecting to meet with my boss soon and I wanted to make sure I ate before he came. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to eat till after the meeting and that would suck! I hate not being able to stick to my meal plan -- especially during the week when there's no excuse not to. Since it's Friday, there's no turkey sandwich today. But, I have peanut butter, a good substitute! (I've never been a big fan of jelly...)
Also, cause it's Friday, I'll be going to the Stations of the Cross (http://www.catholic.org/clife/prayers/station.php) tonight for a little Lenten meditiation. I try not to be preachy, and I don't think I really am. But, since this is my blog, I can talk about whatever I want. I just find so much peace and comfort when I spend some quiet time in church. It's a way to shut off the rest of the world, even for just an hour, and to let your thoughts flow. Whenever I have a problem that's bothering me, I bring it to God and then, eventually, I figure out a solution or I realize that maybe it's not so bad. Whether it's God or the quiet meditation process, being in church & in prayer always tends to put things into perspective for me... and I love it! I love having that resource -- to take all my problems and bring them to God. It makes the world seem not so bad. And, it's the total opposite of depression... of sinking into your problems when you don't have another outlet except for yourself. That's scary to me -- and I never want to deal with that again! I have too much to love and live for. And every single day, I thank God for all these blessings that I have. And that makes me SO happy. And, while I'll never receieve all the answers I'm looking for, I know there's a reason. And I'm OK with that. ;)
In other news, I am extremely saddened by the shootings Illinois -- I almost cried as I was reading the CNN article (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/index.html). The whole thing is sickening! What can schools & universities do to protect themselves and the students? Metal detectors at every entry?
I don't know... but I gotta jet for now!
Also, cause it's Friday, I'll be going to the Stations of the Cross (http://www.catholic.org/clife/prayers/station.php) tonight for a little Lenten meditiation. I try not to be preachy, and I don't think I really am. But, since this is my blog, I can talk about whatever I want. I just find so much peace and comfort when I spend some quiet time in church. It's a way to shut off the rest of the world, even for just an hour, and to let your thoughts flow. Whenever I have a problem that's bothering me, I bring it to God and then, eventually, I figure out a solution or I realize that maybe it's not so bad. Whether it's God or the quiet meditation process, being in church & in prayer always tends to put things into perspective for me... and I love it! I love having that resource -- to take all my problems and bring them to God. It makes the world seem not so bad. And, it's the total opposite of depression... of sinking into your problems when you don't have another outlet except for yourself. That's scary to me -- and I never want to deal with that again! I have too much to love and live for. And every single day, I thank God for all these blessings that I have. And that makes me SO happy. And, while I'll never receieve all the answers I'm looking for, I know there's a reason. And I'm OK with that. ;)
In other news, I am extremely saddened by the shootings Illinois -- I almost cried as I was reading the CNN article (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/index.html). The whole thing is sickening! What can schools & universities do to protect themselves and the students? Metal detectors at every entry?
I don't know... but I gotta jet for now!
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